Soft and fluffy aroma of grain.
The taste of grain sweetness spreads in the mouth as it is in the aroma, and the aftertaste is a little refreshing.
At a Japanese sake festival
Kiminoi Sake Brewery, Myoko City, Niigata Prefecture.
This is a local sake from Myoko City, a region of Niigata with heavy snowfall.
Sake with a rice polishing ratio of 65% at 17 degrees Celsius.
There is some lees because it has been chilled and laid down for about two years at home.
The slightly yellow color of the sake is a combination of the freshness of the freshly squeezed sake and the punch of the original sake, and it has a smooth texture.
Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store
Niigata Food and Sake Festival (3)
The booth of Kiminoi Sake Brewery and Kiminoi.
It was the brewer who always responded to us who became familiar with our faces. I forgot to ask his name again...
Kimi no I Yamahai Junmai, unfiltered, once fired.
This is a new sake, pressed in January of this year, so it has been sitting for about six months. The mouthfeel is smooth and gently sweet, ending elegantly with lactic fermentation-derived acidity. There is no sense of maturity.
◉Kun-no-i Yamahai Junmai Ginjo
Sake with a light overall taste and a refreshingly sour aftertaste. It is said to go well with cheese and other foods.
◉Kiminoi Yamahai Junmai Ginjo Unfiltered Nama-Ginjo
18% alcohol by volume. The freshness of the raw sake and the complexity of the unfiltered flavor. It has a thicker, punchier taste that expands with alcohol.
◉Kun-no-i Yamahai Junmai Daiginjo
Aroma is restrained and melon-like, with a clean, elegant acidity. The aroma is restrained and melon-like, with a clean, elegant acidity.
◉Kumikun-no-i Junmai Aki-agari
The mouthfeel is smooth and the umami is very well balanced.
It's a bit unusual for Niigata, which is known for its light, dry sake.
Even when I showed up on the last day, they let me have another round of drinks.
Thank you for always being so attentive to our needs.
Good morning, Nemuchi 😊.
As you said, Kimi no Ii is an isolated entity in Niigata, brewing sake different from most of the other breweries. I respect and admire them, but there are not many opportunities to drink this much at once, and I envy them 😆.
Jurian, good morning 😃I guess you are still the lone person in Niigata who is not limited to light dry 😊I can always tell from the brewer's stories about his commitment to outstanding Yamahai 😆I also appreciate the opportunity to drink it all together in Osaka 🤩.
